68 THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



The last are a portion of those removed to Indian Territory in 1877, 

 of which Standing Bear was one, and who returned to Nebraska. The 

 agent says: "They supx^ort themselves by cultivating the ground- 

 farmers. Civilized 5 wear white man's clothing." 



pAw-nees. 



[Pawnee: Laws of the Uuited States. Pawnee and Pani: Indian Bureau.] 



A wild and very warlike tribe of 12,000, occupying tlie country watered by tlie river 

 Platte, from tlie Missouri to the Rocky Mountains. This once very powerful tribe lost 

 one-half of their numbers by the small-pox in 1823; they are entirely distinct from 

 the Pawnee Picts, both in language and customs, and live 1,000 miles from them. 

 This tribe shave the head like the Sacs and Foxes. 



Mr. Catlin first visited the Pawnees on the Platte Eiver in 1833. 

 Afterwards he visited the Pawnee Picts and Pawnees in 1834 with 

 Colonel Dodge's regiment of dragoons, U. S. A. 



GRAND PAWNEES. 



99. Shon-ka-ki-he-ga, the Horse Chief; head chief of the tribe, and also of the four 



tribes. 

 This chief and a number of his braves visited Washington in 1837. 



(Painted in 1834. Plate No. 138, page 27, vol. 2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



100. La-doo-ke-a, the Buftalo Bull ; his medicine or totem (the head of a buffalo bull) 



painted on his face and breast, his bow and arrow in his hands. 



(Painted 1833. Plate No. 140, page 27, vol. 2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



101. Ah-shaw-wah-rooks-te, the Medicine Horse ; a brave, or soldier. 



(Painted 18.33. No plate.) 



TAP-PAHGE PAWNEES. 



102. La-kee-too-wi-ra-sha, the Little Chief; a groat warrior. 



(Painted 1833. No plate.) 



103. Loo-ra-wee-re-coo, the Bird that goes to War. 



(No plate. Painted 1832.) 



REPUBLICAN PAWNEES. 



104. Ali-sha-la-coots-ah, the Mole in the Forehead ; chief of his band ; a very dis- 



tinguished warrior. 



(Painted 1833. No plate.) 



105. Ld-sliah-le-staw-hix, the Man Chief. 



(Paiuted 1833. No plate.) 



106. La-wee-re-coo-re-sha-w'--wee, the War Chief. 



(1833. No plate.) 



107. Te-ah-ke-ra-lee-re-coo, the Chayenne; a fine-looking fellow, with a pipe in 



one hand and his whip in the other. 

 (1833. No plate.) 



